What are these bumps?!
Question: What are these bumps!?
Some background!. My daughter is 11, and has bad allergies, which she got allergy shots for over 5 years until recently!. We are currently switching allergists!. She also has food allergies which we have an Epi-Pen for!.
About 2 weeks ago, she woke up with these bumps/bites on her legs, arm and wrist!. She had about 7-9 bumps!. They were VERY itchy, very pink and hard!. I couldn't understand what it was from!. The next night she sleeps in her room again and wakes up with 3 more bumps, one of which was on her thumb! So I decided I'd search her room for any insects (bedbugs, fleas, etc)!. I vacuumed her carpet, her mattress and washed all her sheets, pillow cases, comforter, etc!., in hot water!. I didn't find anything in her room that would explain where these bumps were coming from!. I let her sleep with me that night and the next morning she woke up with 2 more bumps!. I let her sleep with me for the next 4 days but she didn't wake up with anymore bumps!.
I then decided I'd sleep in her bed to see if I wake up with any bumps!. I did that 2 nights ago and woke up with nothing! So I figured she could go back to sleeping in her bed!. She slept in her bed last night and this morning she wakes up with 3 more bumps!!! I haven't taken her to the doctor yet because I didn't think it was that serious!. But now I'm not sure what it's from!. If it were bedbugs or some other bug, wouldn't I have gotten bit when I slept in her room!? Nobody else is getting these bumps/bites just my daughter!. I don't know what it's from!. It's frustrating not knowing why she's getting these things!.
Now, the 7-9 bumps she originally had started turning into what looks like scars!. They are not pink anymore, but more purplish/dark colored!.
Any ideas!?!?!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
About 2 weeks ago, she woke up with these bumps/bites on her legs, arm and wrist!. She had about 7-9 bumps!. They were VERY itchy, very pink and hard!. I couldn't understand what it was from!. The next night she sleeps in her room again and wakes up with 3 more bumps, one of which was on her thumb! So I decided I'd search her room for any insects (bedbugs, fleas, etc)!. I vacuumed her carpet, her mattress and washed all her sheets, pillow cases, comforter, etc!., in hot water!. I didn't find anything in her room that would explain where these bumps were coming from!. I let her sleep with me that night and the next morning she woke up with 2 more bumps!. I let her sleep with me for the next 4 days but she didn't wake up with anymore bumps!.
I then decided I'd sleep in her bed to see if I wake up with any bumps!. I did that 2 nights ago and woke up with nothing! So I figured she could go back to sleeping in her bed!. She slept in her bed last night and this morning she wakes up with 3 more bumps!!! I haven't taken her to the doctor yet because I didn't think it was that serious!. But now I'm not sure what it's from!. If it were bedbugs or some other bug, wouldn't I have gotten bit when I slept in her room!? Nobody else is getting these bumps/bites just my daughter!. I don't know what it's from!. It's frustrating not knowing why she's getting these things!.
Now, the 7-9 bumps she originally had started turning into what looks like scars!. They are not pink anymore, but more purplish/dark colored!.
Any ideas!?!?!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Does your daughter attend a public school where she might share desks, lockers, handle many different objects- pencils, staplers, pencil sharpeners, or use public bathrooms!? Your problem may not even be in the home itself; she may be picking up ring worm or staph infection at school!. I had the same problem 2 weeks ago and it was staph infection and the doctor and school officials figured it was from the gym locker room! Take her in because if it is staph, it could become very dangerous for her!
Edit: Yes, it very well could be some new allergy, but definitely get it all checked out!. It seems this year (at least at my school) the staph is going around big time on the college campus!. I suspect any school can have this problem and if she does have that!. You'll need to inform the school so that they can clean everything really well and let other parents know what to watch for, otherwise the kids will just keep sharing it all year- yuck!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Edit: Yes, it very well could be some new allergy, but definitely get it all checked out!. It seems this year (at least at my school) the staph is going around big time on the college campus!. I suspect any school can have this problem and if she does have that!. You'll need to inform the school so that they can clean everything really well and let other parents know what to watch for, otherwise the kids will just keep sharing it all year- yuck!Www@Answer-Health@Com